by Global Sherpa | Oct 22, 2010 | Business, Foreign Policy, GS Features
It’s hard to resist getting caught up in the intriguing tale about China’s control over the all-important supply of rare earth elements (“REs”). It turns out that these tiny, mysterious substances are necessary to make everything from cell phones to guided missiles...
by Global Sherpa | Oct 19, 2010 | Environment, Food
If you live in Chile, Japan, Taiwan, or S. Korea, chances are pretty good that it once had fins and gills (or maybe still does). Chileans and Japanese consume more than 150 pounds of seafood per person annually according to a study called Seafood Print supported by...
by Global Sherpa | Oct 7, 2010 | Cities & Countries, Countries, Health, Japan
If you want to live forever, try moving to Japan and living like the Japanese. More than 77,000 missing Japanese residents are at least 120 years old according to government records. In an eye-opening case of bureaucratic oversight, Japan’s Justice Ministry recently...
by Global Sherpa | Oct 4, 2010 | Cities & Countries, Countries, Japan, Populations
Photographer Chris Rainier travels the globe to capture the emotion, aesthetics, and cultural significance behind the ancient body art of tattooing and help save the dying traditions of indigenous peoples and cultures on the edge. A Smithsonian Magazine article looks...
by Global Sherpa | Sep 30, 2010 | Cities & Countries, Japan, Oddly True, Sports
The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) will distribute 60 iPads to the sport’s 51 training stables to help fat-fingered sumo wrestlers keep in touch. The iPads are intended to help the Sumo world address and move past a shocking gambling scandal by facilitating...
